Posts Tagged ‘secret santa’

• My gift from my Secret Santa arrived!

  Date: 2010.12.03 | Category: News | Response: 1

  I received my Secret Santa gift this morning!

  So very excited, I had to hold back on opening my gift until I arrived home from the post office and as I had a guest waiting for me on my arrival, I then had to prolong it even more for after I had made coffee and got the biscuits out.

  But, then I did, and this is what I received…

  The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde.

  He is one of my favourite authors and this is his latest book which has just recently been published. His writing is humorous and I love his books.

  So, thank you so much Ana from thingsmeanalot, you have made my day!

  (expect a review soon as I will be getting stuck into it asap!)

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• Secret Santa and other book gifts

  Date: 2009.12.29 | Category: News | Response: 3

  

  This is the first time that I have taken part in a holiday swop and it was great! I really enjoyed shopping as a Secret Santa (though the impatience of waiting for my gift to arrive at its destination was a bit much to handle…) and was very excited to see what my Secret Santa would send me, someone I had never met, in a completely different part of the world.

  The wait was long, as long as the wait to Christmas in fact, but I arrived home from my holiday of festivities to find a parcel waiting for me. It had arrived from Santa Barbara (and all I really know of Santa Barbara is that it was the name of one of my favourite soapies when I was a teenager) from a blogger called Helen at Helen’s Book Blog.

  I received a lovely recipe book called ‘A Slice of Santa Barbara’ California Riviera Cuisine  with a post card of Santa Barbara itself and a lovely pile of children’s book to send to Bambelela. So, that means a pressie for me and pressies for the little ones. How blessed am I?

  

  

  Thank you Helen, it was a lovely surprise!

  (And keep an eye out for a post on the results on the Book Rasier- coming soon, just waiting on some photies- we did good! Check out these photos of the books we raised.)

  

  

  As for other bookish gifts, I received the book I was hoping for in my stocking: The Angels Game – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  

  and this delicious looking book called ‘Bake’ (which I have already tried out- or should I say, about to, as have just made one of the tarts for a late lunch, it looks and smells as good as the book cover!)

  

  So, go on, spill the beans, what books did you receive this year?

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